michelle said you can get a pricing menu with brand new applications, like healthcare blue book. you type in the procedure and it provides a fair price based on your area. even breaks down each cost, physician, facility, and anesthesia. >> so you're getting mounds of bills and at least this breaks it down for you. >> reporter: tip number two, take that fair-price quote and negotiate before the procedure with the billing office or your doctor. and finally, tip number three, find out what the government, medicare, medicaid, is paying for the same procedure. do a little digging on this free website. >> so that's telling us the minimum charges? >> right, that's the minimum. >> reporter: putting michelle's help to use, we find a surgery center just three miles from the claysons' charging just $2,800. over $2,000 less than what they expected to pay and $18,000 less than the most expensive option in the area. >> that's almost half the price. >> yeah. >> reporter: peace of mind for mom and dad, and more ice cream for little noah. >> that's "real money"! >> of course, any time you're cons